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School of Education
College of Health and Human Sciences

Education Learning Design and Training Master’s Specialization M.Ed. in Education and Human Resource Studies

An online program dedicated to meeting the individual and workforce learning needs of today’s complex world.

Develop Effective Learning Programs

You’ll be able to think critically and strategically about learning programs, and why they’re important to all learners.

Design Instructional Materials

You’ll know how to design and develop your instructional materials and learning programs.

Encourage Learner Success

You’ll be able to determine what instructional methods and modalities will be most successful for respective learners.

Ensure Students Meet Learning Outcomes

You’ll understand how to assess learning outcomes and how to evaluate your programs to ensure students achieve their goals.

What You'll Learn

We combine practical assignments and experiences with cutting edge learning theory. You’ll be prepared to apply your knowledge and expertise in helping others pursue lifelong learning.

Project-based assignments ensure you’ll gain real-world knowledge, and be able to immediately apply this knowledge to your current work. You’ll engage in individual and collaborative projects designed to reflect the realities of today’s workforce and individual learning needs.

This Program is For You If

  1. You’ve got knowledge and experience. People look to you for content expertise.
  2. You want those in your field and organization to have the best education and training, so they’re prepared with the skill sets they need to be successful.
  3. You tend to ask critical questions about how people learn best and why.
  4. You aren’t satisfied with the status quo in learning and continually think of ways to improve learning programs and processes.

Become a Better Educator

Regardless of your career aspirations, you will leave this program prepared to meet a wide variety of opportunities, such as:

  • A totally new career
  • A new role in your current organization
  • A new role in a new organization
  • Application to doctoral programs

You’ll leave the program with a collection of practical examples that will speak to your understanding of the theory and how to apply it to real-world environments.

Learning Design and Training Curriculum

Plan A, Learning Design and Training Specialization

The Plan A option is research-oriented. You’ll end the program with a thesis focused on a topic of important concern in the field of adult education and training.

Plan B, Learning Design and Training Specialization

The Plan B option results in a professional portfolio. Your portfolio will be a comprehensive expression of you, and your knowledge and expertise in adult education and training.

Online Program

Our program is offered through CSU Online, with some classes occasionally available in-person on the Fort Collins campus. Whether online or in-person, you’ll learn from the same expert faculty with the same curriculum. Most of the coursework is asynchronous, offering flexibility while maintaining high contact levels with your peers and faculty.

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Program Resources

How to Apply

Our graduate programs have slightly different application requirements. Get all the details for your application here.

How to Pay for Graduate School

There are a number of funding opportunities available for our graduate programs.

Career Opportunities

Learn how your graduate degree will lead to your next career.

Learning Design and Training Faculty

Meet our faculty

Our Learning Design and Training faculty are experts in the science of learning, with extensive experience in both research and teaching to empower learners, organizations, and systems.

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Student Stories

LDT grad leverages degree to hone his skills as a paramedic educator

Wesley Brookshear wanted to grow in his profession as a paramedic and primary paramedic instructor. He found exactly what he was looking for in the “fantastic” online Learning Design and Training Program in CSU’s School of Education.

Wesley Brookshear

Former First Nation chief uses CSU degree to develop capacity at home

Darlene Cheechoo, former Chief of Waskaganish, Quebec, is going to use her degree in Learning Design and Training to offer higher education programming and develop workforce capacity throughout the Cree Nation.

Darlene Cheechoo